CompTIA A+ Virtualization and Cloud Computing Practice Questions

CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) · Domain 4 of 5 · 11% of the exam

90 questions in 90 minutes, performance-based questions included, drawn in the official share for each 220-1201 domain, with a score for every domain and a note on every answer.

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Developers want to deploy their web application code without managing operating systems or runtime patches. Which model fits?

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Virtualization and Cloud Computing on the A+ Core 1 exam

Virtualization and Cloud Computing is 11% of A+ Core 1 (220-1201), about 10 of 90 questions, the smallest Core 1 domain, but its vocabulary is precise and easy to confuse.

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11% of 220-1201, about 10 of 90 questions
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10 questions from 22 Virtualization and Cloud questions, untimed, a note on every option; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
Line drawing of a server with three window shapes above it like virtual machines, a cloud shape and a laptop linked by dashed lines

What Virtualization and Cloud questions test

  • Why VMs are used: sandboxes, test and development, legacy software and cross-platform apps
  • VM requirements (security, network, storage), VDI, containers, and type 1 vs type 2 hypervisors
  • Public, private, hybrid and community clouds; IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
  • Shared vs dedicated resources, metered use with ingress and egress, elasticity, availability, file synchronization and multitenancy

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90 questions in 90 minutes, performance-based questions included, drawn in the official share for each 220-1201 domain, with a score for every domain and a note on every answer.

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How to study it

  • Sort every scenario by who manages the OS: you (IaaS), the provider (PaaS and SaaS)
  • Type 1 runs on bare metal; type 2 runs on top of a desktop OS
  • Egress (data leaving the cloud) is the usual metered cost

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How many cloud questions are on A+ Core 1?

About 10 of 90 (11%).

Are containers on A+?

Yes, at a concept level: containers share the host kernel and are lighter than full virtual machines.

90 questions in 90 minutes, performance-based questions included, drawn in the official share for each 220-1201 domain, with a score for every domain and a note on every answer.

Free Virtualization and Cloud drill

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